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Tajik leader resigns as violence worsens
Tajikistan’s hard line Communist president Rakhmon Nabiyev resigned after armed opponents blocked his escape from Dushanbe. Parliament speaker Akbar Iskandarov became acting president as the country slides toward near anarchy amid tribal fighting and political feuding. Russia and neighbors plan to send troops to curb arms and drug smuggling from Afghanistan. At least 100 killed this week.
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